SICAC Paris knife show

Patrick M.

Patrick M.

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Here's the list for the next SICAC show here in Paris (2-3 oct.)

Knifemakers you might know about :

ANDERSSON ANDRÉ SUEDE
BEAUCHAMPS GAËTAN CANADA
BENNICA CHARLY FRANCE
BLUM MICHEL FRANCE
DIPPOLD AL USA
DISKIN MATT USA
ELISHEWITZ ALLEN USA
HARA KOJI JAPON
HEDLUND ANDERS SUEDE
JOHNSON R.B USA
HORN DES AFRIQUE DU SUD
KNICKMEYER HANK USA
LÖFGREN CLAES ET THOMAS SUEDE
NEALY BUD USA
PERRIN FRED FRANCE
REVERDY PIERRE ET NICOLE FRANCE
SCHEMPP ED USA
TANAZACQ JEAN ET NICOLAS FRANCE
VAN RIJSWIZK AAD PAYS BAS

And...

ALMQUIST CARLMICHAELE SUEDE
ATELIER CRT – JEAN RENAUD FRANCE
ATELIER DU LOTUS FRANCE
ARRAK TONU ESTONIE
AVAKIAN CHRISTIAN FRANCE
BEILLONNET ROBERT FRANCE
BELPSTOTSKIY SERGEI ALLEMAGNE
BIGNON FRANÇOIS FRANCE
BLADES AND MORE (D. OLBRICHT) FRANCE
BORGER WOLF ALLEMAGNE
BOYER PHILIPPE FRANCE
BRANDT ULF SUEDE
BRUYERE RICHARD FRANCE
BUATOIS JEAN-NOEL FRANCE
BURKOVSKI VLADIMIR ISRAEL
CALLEJON MATHIEU FRANCE
CHOMILIER ALAIN ET JORIS FRANCE
CIACHERA RICHARD FRANCE
CITADEL FRANCE
COUDERC NICOLAS FRANCE
COURTY & ARMES BASTILLE FRANCE
COUTELLERIE DE LA GRAVONA FRANCE
COUTELLERIE DU FINOSELLO (MUSSO) FRANCE
COUTELLERIE TOURANGELLE FRANCE
DOBNER ALFRED SUEDE
DURAND RAPHAËL FRANCE
EKLUND MAIHKEL SUEDE
EL CRESTON FRANCE FRANCE
EXCALIBUR FRANCE
FABRIQUE D’ARMEMENT DE ZLATOUST RUSSIE
FAMIN PATRICK FRANCE
FEDERBE ALEXANDRE FRANCE
FIORETTI RUDY LUXEMBOURG
GAILLARD LAURENT FRANCE
GENEIX JEAN-FRANÇOIS FRANCE
GERDIL LAURENT FRANCE
GRANDJEAN JOËL FRANCE
GUSTAFSSON JOHAN SUEDE
HEADRICK GARY FRANCE
HEMONNOT PASCAL FRANCE
HOLWEGER CLAUDE SUISSE
LAFORET JEAN-CLAUDE FRANCE
LA PASSION DES COUTEAUX FRANCE
LAPLACE MANU FRANCE
LATASTE LYONEL FRANCE
LECOURTIER MARILYN FRANCE
LESPECT DAVID FRANCE
LOPES TONY FRANCE
LUND JOERN DANEMARK
LURQUIN SAMUEL FRANCE
MAILLEFER PASCAL SUISSE
MARESCH MATHIAS ALLEMAGNE
MARCHE PASCAL FRANCE
MARTIN JEAN-PIERRE FRANCE
MATSUNO KANSEI JAPON
MERCORNE FRANCE
MERMAID KNIFE SUPPLIES (USSING) DANEMARK
MEUNIER JEAN-JACQUES FRANCE
MOING MICKAËL FRANCE
MONGIN JACQUES FRANCE
MONNET PIERRE-HENRI FRANCE
MOZUL SEBASTIEN FRANCE
NAKAYAMA HIDETOSHI JAPON
NEPTUNIA FRANCE
OKAYASU KAZUO JAPON
OTA KNIVES JAPON
PARMENTIER ERIC BELGIQUE
PATT ART CELTIC FRANCE
PENOT CHRISTIAN FRANCE
PITELET FRANCK FRANCE
PONSON DAVID FRANCE
ROCKSTEAD KNIFE (HANADA) JAPON
ROULIN CHARLES SUISSE
RUSNAK JOSEF REPUBLIQUE TCHEQUE
SANTA LADISLAV REPUBLIQUE SLOVAQUE
SAUTELLI STEPHANE FRANCE
SAVIDAN THIERRY FRANCE
SCHWEICH DANIEL FRANCE
SIMOES PAOLO FRANCE
SOEUVRE PHILIPPE FRANCE
SOUVILLE FRANCK FRANCE
STOICA DORINEL ROUMANIE
STRANDE POUL DANEMARK
STYREFORS ET NILSSON SUEDE
SUPPER PIERRE FRANCE
TAKEDA SHOSUI JAPON
THE EDGE FRANCE
THIEL SACHA FRANCE
TEYMEN KADIR FRANCE
VALLY DANIEL FRANCE
VENNER STEPHANE FRANCE
VEYSSEYRE JEAN-PIERRE FRANCE
VIALIS GUY FRANCE
WEISER ALAIN FRANCE
WESTON BUDDY REPUBLIQUE TCHEQUE
WILDSTEER FRANCE
 
Saw a couple of my crazy buddies from Gembloux on that list. You makers would cry if you saw some of the stuff on Mermaid Supply's table like perfectly symmetrical and LEGAL narwhal tusk!!!! (unfortunately only legal over there in the EU) Don Hanson might even have an ivorygasm....lol.
What are the charging for a table at SICAC this year?
 
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Huh? Michel Blum is back to knifemaking? He was one of my favorite makers, back in the days. I wonder what he's into now.
 
Patrick M. said:
Around € 600 ($ 840 approx.)
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That may be more than it was in 2007. I don't remember what the exchange rate was, but it worked out to around $700. I was thinking that a table was 500 Euros back then.
 
Huh? Michel Blum is back to knifemaking? He was one of my favorite makers, back in the days. I wonder what he's into now.
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Joss, it's even better. He has a new website as well... http://www.blum-knives.com/

I love his work. I have a small dagger and it's my wife's favorite knife in my collection.

Marcel
 
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Damn. And here I am, in Australia 'till the 2nd of november.

Kind regards,

Jos
 
Kevin Jones said:
Would really like to attend some European shows some day.
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SICAC is cool and the neighborhood is really nice, but pricey. As a forged blade fan, you may want to start smaller (for now....the show keeps getting bigger) with Gembloux unless you really want a Paris vacation in addition to the show.. A little more "country" of a location, but cheaper, close enough to Brussels and very friendly. Plus they have a cutting comp.:D Delta flies into Brussels daily and I think American and United do too.
 
jdm61 said:
SICAC is cool and the neighborhood is really nice, but pricey. As a forged blade fan, you may want to start smaller (for now....the show keeps getting bigger) with Gembloux unless you really want a Paris vacation in addition to the show.. A little more "country" of a location, but cheaper, close enough to Brussels and very friendly. Plus they have a cutting comp.:D Delta flies into Brussels daily and I think American and United do too.
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No doubt I'm into the forged blades, however the other types/styles of knives interest me a great deal as well.

Actually, the Solingen Show is the one I would probably most like to attend.
I love the carving, engraving, interesting designed integrals and unique knives in general that's typically on display there.
 
Actually, the Solingen Show is the one I would probably most like to attend.
I love the carving, engraving, interesting designed integrals and unique knives in general that's typically on display there.
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I've been to all the major European shows (Milan, Paris, Solingen, Gembloux) at least once and all I can say is that IMO the best show by far is Milan (with top tier makers like Loerchner, Bojtos, Puddu, Fogarizzu to name a few) with Solingen and Paris coming in second.

Marcel
 
I never went to Milan but I was told it is really a high end show : top makers for top collectors... but maybe a bit "snob". Can you really enjoy there when you haven't got 10k$ to spend ?
 
I never went to Milan but I was told it is really a high end show : top makers for top collectors... but maybe a bit "snob". Can you really enjoy there when you haven't got 10k$ to spend ?
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Of course you can. There are also quite a few especially Italian makers with prices starting at around $1,5K and upwards. Also quite a few American makers attend like Rick Eaton, Rick Dunkerley, Scott Slobodian, Howard Hitchmough, Zaza Revishvili to name a few. Futhermore makers like Roger Bergh, Bertie Rietveld and Vladimir Burkovsky are there. It's really an international show in a classy setting with a great atmosphere. Patrick you really should go at least once.

Marcel
 
Kevin Jones said:
No doubt I'm into the forged blades, however the other types/styles of knives interest me a great deal as well.

Actually, the Solingen Show is the one I would probably most like to attend.
I love the carving, engraving, interesting designed integrals and unique knives in general that's typically on display there.
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I have heard that Solingen is a very good show. The upside of that one is that you are still kind of in the low to mid season as far as travel goes. I can fly to Dusseldorf that time of year from Tampa on Delta for a hair over $700. I saw a lot of carving at SICAC in '07, including some of that really wild stuff from the Eastern European guys.
Don't get me wrong. SICAC is a great experience. How can you beat going to a major international knife show on the Left Bank? That time of year all of the real Parisians are back from vacation and the universities are in session, so you have the added benefit of the "scenery" being amazing:D
 
Don't get me wrong. SICAC is a great experience. How can you beat going to a major international knife show on the Left Bank? That time of year all of the real Parisians are back from vacation and the universities are in session, so you have the added benefit of the "scenery" being amazing
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Last year I went with my daughter for the whole weekend. We booked a hotel (Agora Saint Germain) about 100 meters from the venue. Not the best of hotels but very conveniently close by. The best part of the show location is that it is in walking distance of the Notre Dame, Pantheon, Louvre and other places of interest. It was my daughters first time in Paris and apart from the knife show she had a great time.;)

Marcel
 
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Marcel54 said:
Last year I went with my daughter for the whole weekend. We booked a hotel (Agora Saint Germain) about 100 meters from the venue. Not the best of hotels but very conveniently close by. The best part of the show location is that it is in walking distance of the Notre Dame, Pantheon, Louvre and other places of interest. It was daughters first time in Paris and besides the knife show she had a great time.;)

Marcel
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I stayed at the Hotel Quartier Latin, which is in the same block, I think (right next to the Bier Academy on Rue des Ecoles, which is not a bad thing..lol) Nice little hotel and very close to the venue. Having two Metro stops very close by is a big plus!
 
jdm61 said:
That time of year all of the real Parisians are back from vacation and the universities are in session, so you have the added benefit of the "scenery" being amazing:D
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Do you mean there's something to say about "real parisians" ? :D
 
Do you mean there's something to say about "real parisians"?
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Patrick, in the eighties I worked for Elf Aquitaine in Paris for quite a while, so don't get me started on all the agony and fun I had;):D

Marcel
 
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